CARNATIONS 



As this book is written in a purely decorative 

 spirit, I am, with profuse apologies to those who 

 fancy them, passing over the section of Carnations 

 which are called " true Show varieties " ; but they 

 are not being altogether ignored, as a goodly 

 number will appear under the heading of Border 

 Carnations, for there are many of them, especially 

 the Selfs and Fancies, which have a high decorative 

 value. I am glad to note at the large Carnation 

 shows, and, indeed, at all shows where prizes are 

 offered for Carnations, that there is a growing 

 tendency to exhibit them on long stems and 

 in a natural way. I feel that this very desirable 

 change in the method of showing them is to some 

 extent due to a little book which I wrote several 

 years ago entitled " Carnation Growing for Profit 

 and Pleasure." This book had an enormous circu- 

 lation both in England and America, and in it I 



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